USAF record 28996234

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CENTRAL AIRLINES, AMERICAN AIRLINES, HUTCHISON TOWER

1. DATE 12 Feb 62

2. LOCATION Hutchison, Kansas

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 12/1019Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [HW:] Ground-Visual [HW:] Ground-Radar [HW:] Air-Visual [HW:] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS [HW:] Yes [HW:] No

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5-10 sec

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One

9. COURSE [ILLEGIBLE]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Sighted by 3 sources. Yellowish-white with yellowish tail. Looked like streak of light. No sound or tail. Direction E in a flat trajectory. This reported by tower personnel at Hutchison Kansas for Central Airlines flight above and N of Hutchison Airlines at the time. American Airlines flight was N of Oklahoma City and reported the object to their S.

11. COMMENTS This appears to be a multiple sighting of a meteor. Duration and flight characteristics indicate this conclusion.

CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon Possibly Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Meteor Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown